Antique Electric Pencil Sharpener Gallery

"He's a Sharp Lad
When It Comes to Pencils""Thomas Hefferman has made an art of pencil sharpening. An
important member of the Long Lines Traffic Co., New York City, is Tom. On
average he sharpens a lead pencil over two miles long every month --
twenty thousand pencils seven inches long are used every thirty days by
firm members. He thrusts a dull pencil into the electrically driven
sharpener. For a brief moment it is held in place, then at exactly the
right moment, without hesitation or a false move, the pencil is withdrawn,
topped by a perfect point." Photograph by Keystone View Co. Inc., New
York, NY, no date. AT&T
reports: "1914: The headquarters and operations center of the
AT&T Long Lines division opens at 24 Walker Street, New York City.
Long Lines, a unit of AT&T and the Bell System, builds and operates
the interstate long distance network."

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